Middle-class America capable of making smart investments too

You can start an investment portfolio that will pay your retirement with $25 a month.

That’s what Primerica Regional Vice President Margarita Vazquez said Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce Munch and Learn.

Chamber members chowed down on tacos as Vazquez, a trained accountant and experienced financial adviser, discussed debt elimination, life insurance and investment tricks for Americans who fall in the middle-tax bracket.

“I love people and I want to help Middle America. My passion is helping people who have no one else to help them,” Vazquez said. “I come from the side that I know you can look at your friends and think they have it all together but not necessarily. A lot of them are in debt so far they don’t know what to do. They are living paycheck to paycheck.”

Vazquez described two types of financial situations, the debt cycle and cash cycle. She explained that accumulating debt to pay for things can easily add up to huge interest.

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